Horse-collar.



F. SCHENKENBERG.

HORSE COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16.19!4.

Patented June 22, 1915.

WITNESSES:

THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. FHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

FREDERICK SCHENKENBERG, 0F DALLAS, TEXAS.

HORSE-COLLAR.

intense.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1215..

Application filed March 16, 1914. Serial No. 824,850.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnnnion SCHENKEN- BERG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas,have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Horse-Collars, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in horse collars.Its object is primarily to prevent what is commonly known to Saddleryworkers as grinning, this term being employed to denote a slightenlarging of the apertures or slits provided in the outer edge of thelining of a horse collar to receive the thong lacing commonly employedto connect said edge to the corresponding edge of the front of thecollar.

The object of the invention more specifically stated is to provide ahorse collar having a welt superimposed upon the outer edge of thelining of the collar, which welt is held securely against the lining bythe thong lacing which establishes connection between the outer edge ofthe lining and front of the collar, this construction serving primarilyto prevent grinning, and serving also to pro tect the outer edge of thelining from wear and serving further to strongly reinforce the jointwith which it is correlated, and increasing the useful life of thecollar.

With the above and various other objects in view, my invention hasrelation to certain novel features of the construction and use, anexample of which is described in the following specification, and isillustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a view showing the rear or lining side of a horse collarimproved in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view of the same, the section being taken upon the line :ra2of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, wherein like referencecharacters designate similar parts in both the figures, the numerals 1and 2 respectively denote the front and lining of a horse collar, saidmembers being curved in the usual well known manner to form between thema receptacle for packing. The outer edge portions of the thethong-receiving slit at members 1 and 2 are contiguous as indicated at3, and are securely held in this relation by a thong lacing 4. Thelacing 4: serves further to hold a welt or hinder 5 firmly c011- tiguouswith said edge portion of the member 2, said welt having its outer edgeflush with the corresponding edges of the members 1 and 2, and beingbent at substantially a right angle adjacent to its inner edge, the edgeportion thus bent being contiguous with the member 2 as indicated at 5*.The welt or hinder 5 absolutely prevents the edge of the lining fromgrinning or spreading. The defect of gr-inning in the horse collarshitherto constructed is very objectionable since unless a very coarsepacking material is employed, this material will gradually escapethrough the enlarged slits of the lining and eventually cause the collarto lose its proper form and its utility as a pad. The welt or binding 5furthermore constitutes a reinforcement to the joint between the outeredges of the members 1 and 2, and it also serves to protect the outeredge of the latter member against wear.

The invention is presented as including all such changes andmodifications as properly come within the scope of the device asclaimed.

What I claim is:

In a horse collar the combination with the overlapping and outwardlyextending edge portionsof the front and lining of the collar of a weltprovided with a right-angled inner-edge, said welt disposed adjacent tosaid outwardly extending edge portions, a thong lacing passing throughsaid edge portions and welt, and a seam adjacent to said lacing, passingthrough said welt and edge portions, all arranged so that theright-angled inner-edge rests for support upon the lining of the collar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK SCHENKENBERG.

"Witnesses:

R. E. (l. Bnucnnnn, C. A. ELLIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

